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Federalist, The - series of 85 political essays, sometimes called The Federalist Papers, written 1787–88 under the pseudonym "Publius." Alexander Hamilton initiated the series with the immediate intention of persuading New York to approve the Federalist Constitution. He had as collaborators James Madison and John Jay. Hamilton certainly wrote 51 of the essays, Madison


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    The Federalist Papers » Read Now

    by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay. 529 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...-i- -ii- The FEDERALIST Papers ALEXANDER HAMILTON JAMES MADISON JOHN JAY...the Text xvii Contents of The Federalist Papers xix The Federalist Papers 33 The Constitution of...
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    The Federalist » Read Now

    by Jacob E. Cooke. 672 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    A series of articles about the Constitution written between 1787 and 1789 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
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    The Federalist Papers Reader and Historical Documents of Our American Heritage » Read Now

    by Frederick Quinn. 268 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...The Federalist Papers Reader and Historical Documents of Our American Heritage The Federalist Papers Reader and Historical Documents...Cataloging-in-Publication Data The...
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    Locke, Hobbes, and the Federalist Papers: An Essay on the Genesis of the American Political Heritage » Read Now

    by George Mace. 162 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...LOCKE, HOBBES, AND THE FEDERALIST PAPERS AN ESSAY ON THE GENESIS...1934- Locke, Hobbes, and the Federalist papers. Bibliography: p. 1. Hobbes...1978 LOCKE, HOBBES, AND THE...
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    One United People: The Federalist Papers and the National Idea » Read Now

    by Edward Millican. 272 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    In this new, provocative study, Edward Millican argues persuasively that the authors of The Federalist were not merely laying the groundwork for the American system but were setting forth the principles for the creation of a modern nation-state.
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    Blueprints for the Constitution, in Insight on the News » Read Now

    by Stephen Goode, Eli Lehrer. 2 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...the American republic in the Federalist papers, and included an explanation...country, the documents of The Federalist Papers are an authentic American classic...of the...
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    The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period 1789 -1801 » Read Now

    by David P. Currie. 328 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    In the most thorough examination to date, David P. Currie analyzes from a legal perspective the work of the first six congresses and of the executive branch during the Federalist era, with a view to its significance for constitutional interpretation. He concludes that the original understanding of...
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    The Most-Cited Federalist Papers, in Constitutional Commentary » Read Now

    by Ira C. Lupu. 8 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...The most-cited Federalist Papers. by Ira C. Lupu In...Should the Supreme Court Read the Federalist Papers But Not Statutory Legislative...concerning patterns of citation to...
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    The Federalists, the Antifederalists, and the American Political Tradition » Read Now

    by Wilson Carey McWilliams, Michael T. Gibbons. 140 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    In analyzing the debates between the Federalists and the Antifederalists, McWilliams, Gibbons, and their contributors break sharply with interpretations of the founding of America as either the work of pure pragmatists or as the institutionalization of class interests. This study of the very nature...
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    Essays in Historical Criticism ("The Authorship of the Federalist" p.111) » Read Now

    by Edward Gaylord Bourne. 304 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Introduction to a new edition of The Federalist in the Universal Classics, and of...distinctive part of the book. The other papers, too, if not strictly essays in...
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    Selected Writings and Speeches of Alexander Hamilton » Read Now

    by Alexander Hamilton, Morton J. Frisch. 528 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...1787 124 The Federalist Papers, An Introduction 127...Madison and John Jay, of The Federalist papers, and as the first secretary...forcefully articulated in The Federalist...
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    James Madison on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights » Read Now

    by Robert J. Morgan. 224 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "Morgan provides a comprehensive, consistent, and unified analysis of Madison's political philosophy using Madison's views on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as the focus. Morgan looks at all that Madison wrote on these topics before, during, and after the adoption of the Constitution. He...
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    John Jay » Read Now

    by George Pellew. 378 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...others from the government papers, more light was thrown on...assailed the memory of the early Federalists. Certain popular prejudices...hundred years after the event...
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    The Federalist » Read Now

    by Terence Ball. 575 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    The Federalist represents one side of one of the most momentous political debates ever conducted: whether to ratify, or to reject, the newly drafted American constitution. This authoritative new edition presents complete texts for all of the eighty-five Federalist papers, along with the sixteen...

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